Ritual in Some Early Bronze Age Gravegoods

Archaeological journal

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-64

  Woodward, Ann ^a   Hunter, John ^a   Ixer, Rob ^b   Maltby, Mark ^c   Potts, Philip J ^d   Webb, Peter C ^d   Watson, John S ^d   Jones, Michael C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34250699276     PISSN: 00665983     EISSN: 23732288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00665983.2005.11020620     Document Type: Article

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